Axe victim

Associated Press · September 10, 1973

Mrs. Susan Ciolkowski, 23, sits on ground beside woodman's axe used to slash her head, fingers, and back. John Burdick, on right, pulled axe from woman's upper back. Attack took place in front of hundreds of elementary school children who were loading onto school buses. The woman's former husband, Leon Ciolkowski, 25, was taken into custody and was being questioned by police.